The meaning of ENGAGED is involved in activity : occupied, busy. How to use engaged in a sentence.

ENGAGED definition: 1. having formally agreed to marry: 2. involved in something: 3. busy doing something: . Learn more.

Synonyms for ENGAGED: committed, promised, betrothed, affianced, bespoken, bespoke, employed, diligent; Antonyms of ENGAGED: unattached, unemployed, inactive, idle, unoccupied, free, dormant, passive

Someone who is engaged in or on a particular activity is doing it or involved with it.

If you're busy or involved with something, you're engaged in it. A formal reply to an invitation to lunch might be, "I'm sorry, I'm otherwise engaged" — meaning you already have plans. Engaged often describes people who have committed to getting married.

Canadian citizens have engaged in boycotts of U.S. travel and goods, and encouraged others to instead buy Canadian to bolster their nation's economy. Now, she has vowed a thorough …

Definition of engaged adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The meaning of ENGAGE is to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end. How to use engage in a sentence. Did you know?

to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons): He engaged her in conversation. to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire: to engage a worker; to engage a room.

Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman. ...the engaged couple.